bin laden and had great concerns about plotting attacks in the west, including in the united states. we know that a range of individuals like richard clarke were ringing alarm bells at the white house level. again, at that point, when we go back and look, it administration at that point was focused on things like the balkans and the kosovo war which was 1999. >> putting out fires elsewhere in the national security arena. >> yes. >> you talk about this wave of al qaeda violence. then they get beaten back. sometimes because of their own actions. what caused the temporary defeat the first time? was a launch into afghanistan? >> actually, it is almost the reverse of what we just outlined. the host that they had, the taliban regime, was overthrown. in addition to that, we saw the u.s. approach that was focused mostly on clandestine services. the cia come in a range of other intelligence services in a geospatial way, and special operations forces targeting in afghanistan and in afghanistan and other locations. >> we are talking about in 2001 how the united states fought back by sending in

plotting attacks in the west including in the united states. we know that a range of individuals like richard park had alarm bells ringing at the white house level, but, again, at that point, when we go back and look, the administration at that point was focused on things like the balcans and fires elsewhere. >> host: in the national security arena. now, you talk about this wave of al-qaeda violence, and then they get beaten back. sometimes, because of their own actions, what caused the kind of temporary defeat the first time? was it our launch on afghanistan? >> guest: well, actually, it's about the reverse of the coin we just outlined. they lost the sanctuary in afghanistan so the host they had, the taliban regime, was overthrown, and in addition to that, we saw a u.s. approach that was focused mostly on services, the cia, the range of other intelligence services, nsa, geospatial, and then in special operational forces targeting in afghanistan and then in pakistan and other locations. >> host: you're talking about in 2001, how the u.s. fought back by sending in cia and special force

plotting attacks in the west including in the united states. we know that a range of individuals like clark had alarm bells at the level, but when we go back and look the administration at the plant was focused on things like the balkans and the kosovo war which was 1999, some issues other than -- >> host: putting out fires elsewhere in the national security arena. now, you talk about this wave of al qaeda violins and then they get beaten back. sometimes because of their own actions. what caused the kind of temporary defeat the first time? was it our launch into afghanistan? >> guest: it's almost a reverse of the coin we just outlined. they lost the sanctuary afghanistan so the hope they had, the taliban regime was overthrown, and in addition to that, we saw a u.s. approach focused on the clandestine services. the cia, the range of other intelligence services, geospatial and then in the special operations forces targeting in afghanistan and then in pakistan and other locations. >> host: you're talking about in 2001 how the u.s. fought by sending in the cia and special forces working togethe

in the united states. we know that arraignment of individuals like richard clark were ringing alarm bells at the white house level but again, at that point, we go back and look, the administration at that point was focused on things like the balkans and the kosovo war which was 1999 so issues other than -- >> host: putting out fires elsewhere with national security. now, you talk about this wave of al qaeda violence, and then they get back. sometimes because of their own actions, what caused the kind of temporary defeats the first-time? was it a launch into afghanistan? >> guest: well, it was the reverse of the coin we just outlined. they lost a sanctuary in afghanistan so the taliban regime was overthrown and in addition to that, we saw the u.s. approach that was focused mostly on clandestine services, the cia, the range of other intelligence services, nsa, geospatial and then special operations forces targeting in afghanistan and pakistan and other locations. >> host: you are talking about in 2001 how the u.s. sat back i sending in cia and special forces green berets working together on

in the united states, more and more physicians are resorting to cause years or boutique medical practices, which essentially means they substantially cut the roster of patients. they take far fewer patients. they charge sometimes quite a substantial fee, could be 2500 up to $25,000 a year, and they say for that you will get appointments, same-day appointments when you call. you will get a cell phone number of the doctor, to call the doctor anytime of the day or night. e-mail of the doctor. who wouldn't want that? but the question -- welcome here's the question if we are put off, if we are troubled by the idea of the ticket scalping for access to see the doctor in the beijing hospital, isn't the boutique medical practice a version of the same thing? where people and that can jump the queue, get a same-day appointment if they are willing to pay a thousand dollars a year? that isn't so much a question of government versus non-government, but it is a question of norms and values. what norms and values should govern the position of medical care in this case. may i give one other example that does inv

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